July 8th 2010 | Posted by
Edg3
Mozilla has just released the first beta for Firefox 4 and things are looking good. The latest version offers improved security, faster render times, and support for Google’s open video standard, WebM. Visually, the first thing Windows 7 and Vista users will notice is the new Firefox button.
If you want the old menu layout, just [...]
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June 24th 2010 | Posted by
Edg3
Microsoft has just released preview 3 of Internet Explorer 9 for anyone curious to see what the next version will bring. The preview tool which can be downloaded or viewed in your current browser, showcases a hardware-accelerated Internet Explorer 9. Visitors can check out how IE9 renders animation, video, fonts, etc., using HTML 5.
According to [...]
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June 10th 2010 | Posted by
Edg3
Search giant Google has recently announced the release of their new search index system called Caffeine. The official blog post said that the new index provides 50% fresher results compared to their old index.
Here’s an excerpt from Google Blog’s announcement:
“With Caffeine, we analyze the web in small portions and update our search index on a [...]
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June 10th 2010 | Posted by
Edg3
Glitches and bugs, gotta love them. The latest big glitch story broken by Gawker, was a glitch in AT&T’s site which revealed 114,000 email addresses of iPad 3G users. While AT&T did manage to take care of the glitch, iPad users only found about the data breach when the story was published online. The full [...]
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May 6th 2010 | Posted by
Edg3
Ever wondered how much the cities of the world have changed from then up to now? Would you like too see before and after images of locations around the globe? No problem.
SepiaTown lets you see how the world looked then, and compare it with how it looks now. View historical images of city streets along [...]
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March 15th 2010 | Posted by
Edg3
Those of you looking to take a European vacation but lack the funds to do it can now go on your much-awaited jaunt all for free. How does Paris sound? Paris 26 Gigapixels provides you with a virtual tour of famous locations right from your desktop.
The site has stitched together 2,346 high resolution photos giving [...]
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